Machine for washing windows.



R. B. SHRYOUK.

MACHINE FOR WASHING WIEDQWS.

AIPLIUATION BLED an. 16, 1910.

Patented M11228, m1.

2 SHEETS-SHEET R. B. SHRYOGK.

MACHINE FOB WASHING; WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 16, 1910.

Patented Mar.'28,1911.

2 8HEET8BHEET 2.

ROBERT B. SHRYOCK, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MACHINE FOR WASHING WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1910. Serial No. 549,660.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. SHRYocK, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Wash ing Windows, of uWlllCll the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window washing machines of that type whereby the outside surfaces of window panes can be cleaned from a point within a room without having to reach out of a window The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction and operation of machines of this character so as to be comparatively simple and inevpensive to manufacture, reliable and eflicient in use, and sodesigned that a plurality of cleaning devices can be used for cleaning windows by one machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a window washing machine including an upright column or barrel on which reciprocates a carriage that carries a plurality of cleaning devices, such as a washing brush-and squeegee, or the like, to be used one at a time in the window cleaning operation.

With these objects in view, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features f construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set. forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention;

. Figure 1 is a side view of the machine with portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. F ig, 3 is a perspective view of the carriage and reversible holder for the cleaning elements. Fig. & is a similar view showing the position of the holder reversed. 5 is a detail sectional view at the base of the column or barrel. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 66 of'Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the means for connecting the operating cords with the carriage.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the base or frame of the'machine which in eludes a bottom plate 1 that has a rubber or other padding 2 so that the machine will so as to take up fastened a block not mar the window sill when it is in o eraratentea Mar. 28, 1911;

tion. On the base plate is a horizonta bar 3 which has its forward end formed into a handle or grip 4 and on the rear end is secureda column or barrel 5. Secured to and rising from the bar 3 are spaced brackets 6 that support the horizontal crank shaft 7 to which is secured a winding wheel 8, a crank 9 being secured to one end of the shaft for turning the wheel. to its support cords or flexible elements 10 and 11 so arranged that one is wound on the wheel while the other unwinds, and the cords are connected with a carriage designated generally by B, which reciproeates on the column The column is hollow and the cords enter the bottom thereof and extend upwardly therein to connect with the-carriage and where the cords enter the barrel are separate guide pulleys 12 and 13, and

This wheel has fastened I one of the cords winds around the wheel 7 from the bottom while the other cord passes under a guide pulley 14 adjacent the wheel and winds around the latter from the too The column is normally disposed upright or at right-angles to the it is so connected with the bar that it can bar of the base and fold back under the same when not in use lower end of the barrel is secured in a socketed foot piece 15 which has spaced lugs 16 pivotally connected at 18 with a bracket 19 on the rear end of the bar 3. The column is held upright by bracing members, 20 of the bar and engaging the opposite side of the foot piece 15 and through these bracing members and foot piece is a bolt 21 which can be taken out when it is desired to fold the column backwardlyunder the base. The carriage B includes a sleeve 22 which surrounds and slides on the column and secured to this sleeve is a frame or yoke 23 extending horizontally and forwardly from the column. \Vithin this sleeve is 24 to which the ends of the cords 10 and 1l.are connected and the column is longitudinally slotted at its rear for the block to pass into the column and thereby the block has the additional func tion as serving key for preventing the carriage from very little room. The

turning on the column. One-- of the cords passes theblock and continues to the top of the column where it runs a guide pulley 25 carried by a cap 26secured to the'top of the column and from the pulley the said cord extends downwardly in the column to connect with the block of -the carriage. Mounted on the frame of the carriage is a reversible holder C for the cleaning elements. This holder,

carriage frame so that the holder can have a rockin movement through approximately 180. 6n both members 27 at one end thereof is rigidly secured in transverse relation thereto a squeegee and on the op posite ends of the side members or bars, 27 is removably mounted a brush 31 or equivalent device, the backing 32 of which has sockets 33 for fitting. on the said bars, the brush being removable'so that it can be readily washed and moistened when required. The holder is adapted to be locked in either of two positions where the squeegee or brush will be at the front, This locking device consists of a cross bar 34: having bent extremities pivoted at 35 to the side bars oi the carriage frame so that the cross barwill have a swinging movement. On the middle of the cross bar is a curved catch or finger 36, which engages over the squeegee when the latter is hearing on the carriage frame. It Will thus be seen that the holder C will be prevented from having a swinging movement on the rock shaft and as a consequ'ence'the brush will be held rigidly in an outstanding position as the carriage moves up and down. When the squeegee is in operative position, the cross or latch bar 34 engages under stop members 37 on the holder and while thus engaged, the brush is disposed'under the carriage frame so that the latter prevents movement of the holder in one direction while the latch bar prevents the movement of the holder in the opposite direction so that the squeegee is held rig idly in outstanding position in engagement with the glass as the carriage moves up and down. F

In operation, the machine is set on the window frame and the sash to be cleaned lowered as far as possible. The brush is first used, the same being moistened previously to the lowering of the window sash to be cleaned. The machine is positioned so that the brush will bear against the glass of the sash and then the Wheel is turned back and forth so as to carriage and thus cause the brush to pass up an" down over the in one or more stro (es, the machine is shifted to operate on another section of the glass and soon until the Whole glass is washed. The sash is then'raised so that the operator can reach out and reverse the position of the holder G-so as to bring the squeegee to the front and a ain lowering the window, the machine is a justed to engage the squeegee with the moistened glps's.

reciprocate the less and after male seems connection with the accompanying draw-,

ings, the advanta es of the construction and .ot' the method or operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to, which the invention relates, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims.

hat Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. A machine of the class described, com prising a support, a carriage movable thereon, a rotatable holder mounted on the car'- riage to swing on an axis transverse to the movement of the latter, a brush secured to the holder, a squeegee secured to the holder, and means located on the carriage between the axis of the holder and the locking the holder in a position with either a squeegee or brush in operative position.

2. A machine of the described, comprising an upright support, a carriage movable on and projecting from one side of the support, a reversible holder secured to the carriage and arranged to turn thereon, a plurality of cleaning devices on the holder, the axis on which the holder turns being disposed between and parallel with the cleaning devices, and a lock on the carriage for locking the holder in (lllfGlGIllL positions for using any of the said devices. 5

support for 3. A machine of the class described, comprising acolumn, cxtendin laterally from the column, a horizontal s liaft on the carriage, a holder mountedon the shaft to turn about the axis of the latter, a-plurality of cleaning elements on the holder, and a locking device pivotallv a carriage slidable on and mounted onithe carriage arranged to loclr the holder in difi'erent any of the said elements.

t. A machine of the class described, comprising a column, a carriage slidably mounted thereon and including spaced members, a reversible holder supported by the members to turn on a horizontal axis, separate cleaning elements on the holder; and alatch device mounted on the staid members of the carriage to lock the holder in dil'lerent positions for using one element at a time. I

5. A machine of the class described, comprising a support, a carriage movable of, the

positions for using .the squeegee against the carriage when the support, a holder mounted on the carriage for swinging movement, a swinging latch on the carriage, a cleaning element on the holder, a device on the latch for engaging the said element to lock the holder in a given position, a second cleaning element on the holder disposed in operative position When the said device engages the first mentioned element, and means on the holder with which the latch engages for locking the holder with' the first; mentioned element in operative position.

0. A machine of the class described, comprising a support, a carriage movable on the support, a swinging holder on the carriage, a squeegee on the holder, a brush on the holder, and a locking device arranged to engagethe holder when the squeegee is in operative position and to engage the squeegee when the brush is in operative position.

7. A machine of'the class described, comprising a support, a carriage movable on the support, a holder consisting of fixed spaced bars; means for mounting the holder on the carriage swinging movement, a squeegee secured to the corresponding ends of the bars, a brush secured to the opposite ends of the bars, and a locking device for holding brush is in operative position and for holding the brush against the carriage when the squeegee is in operative position.

8. A machine of the class described, comprising a carriage, a holder mounted on the carriage, a squeegee on the holder, a brush on the holdenand a locking device extending across and pivotally mounted on the carriage arranged to engage the holder to lock the brush against the carriage when the squeegee is in operative position and to engage the squeegee and hold the same,

against the carriage when the brush is in operative position.

9. A machine of the class described, comprising a'carriage consisting of spaced members, a shaft extending from one member to the other and supported thereby, bars on the shaft extending transversely thereto, a squee ee secured to both bars at one end, a removable brush secured to the other ends of the said bars, and means for holding the bars against movement when the brush or squeegee is in operative position.

10. A machine of the class described, comprising a supporting means, a reversible holder mounted thereon, a squeegee rigidly I. A. MORLEY. 

